So...How was YOUR day, honey?

[machinist@large]

@ fowler.... Nope, I was sitting on my bucket when I took the mount off. No need to hold onto anything for leverage......


......@Pat.... I already ruled that out.... NO meds. And my wife hides the key to my garage at night. I can't get in till morning, when I wake her for it.... It's not me..... I've been known to sleep walk, that's why I took that precaution..... Remember when I "bored" my carb, in my sleep?

PLOT TWIST: Doug's the ghost of Jim's garage. He sneeks around in invisible mode!

That was supposed to be our little secret......blabbermouth!!!!! Last time I tell you anything personal. ......

Dont haunt me! PLEASE!
I FORGOT!!!!

Ummm.... Jim? Based on the above, is it possible that Doug does know where you live? Forget the garage; I'd be worried about your kitchen.....

 

[Young One With A Manco]

Theyre friends and very close...
Now taking donations for the Diygokarts horror movie fund

 

[Poboy kartman]

Well. ...I came so close to walking off my job today. ...I have big shoulders and I can shrug a lot of crap off....but. ...I got reamed 4 times before lunch...and I don't know what his problem was. ...but he pushed me to the edge of insanity. .....

He only had 2 things in his favor....he's the boss...and I need a job. ...and he's 6'3" and about 250 lbs.....I'm 6' and 150 lbs......but that and $10 will get you a cup of coffee ........

He's also 15 years younger than me. .....but that doesn't necessarily mean I couldn't lose it and put the big hurt on him. .....

Of course that would mean I would get seriously messed up. ..hey...I'm a dreamer. ..not stupid.....he could just fall on me and break half my bones.....but I was uber tempted to just give him a good examination of one finger.....and my posterior fading into the sunset.......

Whewww.....rant over! !!!!!

 

[firemanjim]

My first construction job as a teenager..... On my third day, the boss tells me to cut 4' off the stack of 2x4's next to his truck. Ok, no problem. Doesn't give me an OAL, just, cut off 4'..... too easy..... Well, just before lunch he comes out and looks over at me, then turns bright red! Comes running across the yard, yelling at me.... WTF is going on? (I'm thinking ) .... He starts bishon about how I just f'ed up a whole stack of wood! (what? ! How??) evidently, his lackey (gopher,personal A$$itant) took his truck to get breakfast, and put it next to a different stack of 2x4's..... I was supposed to be cutting 4' off of 16' pieces, leaving the 12' pieces needed and material for the fire stops.... I cut 4' of a stack of 8' boards...... NOW you see the problem.....
He got bent out of shape, saying I'd be docked money,blah blah blah.... I gave him the one finger seal of approval, and told him good bye, in a bunch of words that would have made a biker blush..... dam crazy irishman....

 

[Poboy kartman]

Oh well. ...that's what he gets for being a dumazz on so many levels. ....why would you pay more for 12' boards....to make 8' boards out of them? ??,,

Anyone with 1/2 a brain would have bought all 8 footers and cull the crooked ones for fire blocking......BTW. ...I don't do to much framing....but wouldn't those fire blocks need to be 14 1/2" eventually? ????

So..... why wouldn't you just take those 8' culls and cut them once......as in 14 1/2" pieces...
Yep....the world is full of idiot smart guys......

 

[firemanjim]

They were 16 footers supposed to be cut to 12. How long were the fire blocks? Have no idea. I only know that that head boss was not the smartest tool.

 

[machinist@large]

Since the company recently got serious about industrial trade secrets and the security of same, I can't show fine details of how the new guy blew it last week. But I can give you the basic story.



This shot shows how thick the raw casting is; it's a low volume design that we can machine six different propellers out of. It's basically an inch thick.
The prop called for finishes as a little under 1/8". I set up and machined the first side, leaving ~1/2" of material for the new guy to play with as he snuck up on the finish size.

This and this show just how badly he missed the final dimension....

The edge thickness is supposed to be just under 1/8" thick (.125"). He missed the target by almost 1/2 that.

What has me grouchy is that I got to spend another 8 hour day duplication the work I did a week ago on the replacement prop....... Just how do you machine something almost 1/16" undersize when you start with a 1" thick blank??????????

 

[Axx3d]

My day is going great dear.. thank you for asking..

Got everything loaded up and going camping for the next 3 days.. Paddling 28 miles.. no houses,cell phone signal nor development the whole stretch.



Heres a few shots from 3 weeks ago or so..

 

[itsid]

Just how do you machine something almost 1/16" undersize when you start with a 1" thick blank??????????

well, how do you chop 4' off a 8' board?
persistent cutting...
I think it'll cause LESS work if you just stand right next to newbees all the time preventing their mishaps

.. no houses,cell phone signal nor development the whole stretch.

jealous about the no signal thing !!

'sid

 

[landuse]

My day is going great dear.. thank you for asking..

Got everything loaded up and going camping for the next 3 days.. Paddling 28 miles.. no houses,cell phone signal nor development the whole stretch.



Heres a few shots from 3 weeks ago or so..

I am jealous

 

[fowler]

My day

I counted bolts all day
A 1000lt pod full or crap that has come back from a site

Sorting them into sizes and what not
Also found some LV parts
I drive a toyota landcruiser 79 series
Which is along with the toyota hilux the only light vehicals used my mining companys
Because nothing else can handle the desert conditions

If it has electronics its rubish

Anyhow
Because I drive the type of car every company uses parts are very common
And money is thrown round like u wouldn't believe so the parts are easy to liberate

I started with doing a Stock take and catoliging
Then ended doing a stock take
Found stock and took it

Got 2 starter motors
An alternator
6 brake calipers
About 8 sets of wheel bearing
3 master cylenders
A clutch
Who knows how many filters and belts
3 birfeild joints

Didnt steal it

When they say time is money
In the australian mining game time is worth far more than money

It makes more sense to ditch the parts that pay someone to sit them and sort them when they could be fuxing machines

So now I have almost 6k in parts for free
Friggin rapped

Might grab a turbo as well
Theyre just sitting outside in the rain
C27 CAT turbos

Got an intake dia of 8 inches

Want to get a cheap car and bolt a c27 turbo to it
Dout itll make boost
But imagine seeing a 95 exel with a turbo bigger than tbe trans hanging out the bonnet

As a farmer the parts situation makes me want to slam by head into a wall
Would throw away more than my annual wage in parts that get wasted

But hey
I get alot of free stuff

 

[machinist@large]

Hmmm, spare parts......



I've had a lot of good stuff come my way over the years due to employer's saying "make it go away!!!!!". It can be kind of hit and miss though.

 

[Young One With A Manco]

Might grab a turbo as well
Theyre just sitting outside in the rain
C27 CAT turbos

Got an intake dia of 8 inches

Want to get a cheap car and bolt a c27 turbo to it
Dout itll make boost
But imagine seeing a 95 exel with a turbo bigger than tbe trans hanging out the bonnet

When i hear Austrailia and Turbo i think of mighty car mods and burnout contests!

 

[OzFab]

Nothing's too wild for us

Might grab a turbo as well
Theyre just sitting outside in the rain
C27 CAT turbos

Got an intake dia of 8 inches

Want to get a cheap car and bolt a c27 turbo to it
Dout itll make boost

A turbo that big, you could turn it into an engine!

 

[Poboy kartman]

So I head out this morning on a mission....to pick wild mustang grapes to make jelly.....and I stop at my usual corner store for gas....while inside....I decide to get some cigars.... (the little 3-4 for .99 or 1.99 packs)....they are right behind where the counter is open so I have just gotten in the habit of stepping in there and grabbing as I always get 2 or 3 different kinds and it's iust much quicker and easier that way......nobody has ever said anything before. ... (including this little sheet.....and I know I have done it a couple of times before in front of him)....so as I put them down on the counter he says: "Listen.....you don't go beehined thee counteer!"

So I kinda shrug that off...and figure. ...whatever. ..I just wont do it when this newbie is on shift....So then I say...I'm going to fill up...can you turn on the pump?

This idiot looks at me and says: "Hoow mooch gas due you wunt?"

I want to fill up.

"So hoow mooch izz dat?"

So now I'm pissed......"How in the **** should I know? ???? Can you tell me how much it's going to cost to fill your car BEFORE you do it?"

"Yes $40- $45 ....within one dollar or two..."

Now I'm thinking. ....yeah you must always wait till you hit "E"....is it still $40-45 if you have 1/2 a tank?.....but I'm done arguing with this she-ite head.....

Then he says :"Iv you dount tell me how mooch....how can you pay..."

So I slap down a hundred and say...."With this.....now turn the **** pump on....when it stops...I'll come back in and get my change!"

"Please be quiet. ...."

Now I haven't raised my voice once.....cussed...yes.....

So now I say: "Listen- I can get these **** cigars and gas anywhere. ...but I can also get your job....I've been coming here longer than you've been breathing. ...so shut up and turn on the ****ed pump!"

I go pump gas and come back in. ....

"Listen.....you don't come back here. ..you come back ...I call thee cops....you want to bee nice....ok....but you don't do like that. ....."

"Give me my change and shut the "f" up before I come around that counter for the second time today!"

I am going to be talking to the manager and owner........ (end of rant).....

Soooo......instead of doing that. ....I just boycotted that place....hadn't spent a dime in there until yesterday afternoon. ....

It just so happened that the old man was there. ....I'm looking at the cigars and he says: "Go back there and get what you want."....I'm looking for a certain cigar I used to get and don't see it.....this guy remebers which one it is and pulls out a new case.... (I had forgotten the name of them! !!!!)

So we get to talking and I relate the above to him.....and he says..."I noticed you haven't been around in a couple of months. .....I know who you are talking about. ....I fired him a long time ago. ....he was no good. ...you come back. ...the new guy is good. "

 

[OzFab]

Seems you weren't the only one who had a problem with him

 

[itsid]

Some idiots just vanish

... and some get a Darwin Award

'sid

 

[Poboy kartman]

Some idiots just vanish

... and some get a Darwin Award

'sid

20 or 30 years ago. ...I would have given him that award.....

Now. ....I'm getting ready to reply to my boss' s IM from yesterday afternoon when I walked off the job. .....

Since it is going to be extremely severe and loaded with cuss words....I wanted to make sure he knew I had slept on it and am as calm as I can be....

I may have not been the easiest person to work for. ... (I have spent about half my working life either in management or as a sole proprietor).....

So one thing I know for sure......you don't NOT pay a man on Friday. ....ask him to work Saturday. .... (still not have his pay).....and then jump his azz like he's a 2year old.....when he is doing what he is told to the best of his ability. ....

What's worse....I'm doing what he wants. ..but it's not right. ..so in his message he says. ..."I've done this a hundred times. ...you haven't. ..."

Ummmm......this is friggin sanding a board!!!!!!! I was using sanders and applying paint as a custom painter when he still had training wheels on his bicycle. .....Yeah. ..guess which part of my body I'm about to invite him to kiss.....

 

[karte_m0lim]

Cheek?

 

[Poboy kartman]

Cheek?

Close.....but between them.....and much lower than my collar!!!!!